Yvette Cooper came under heavy fire during a tense appearance on Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC, as frustrated listeners accused her of dodging questions and speaking in a “condescending” tone. The Home Secretary was on the show to discuss the Government’s new plans to stop foreign s*x offenders from claiming asylum — but many felt she left more questions than answers.
Callers and texters flooded the programme with criticism, with Ferrari reading out message after message from fed-up listeners. One asked, “Is it me, or does Yvette Cooper avoid answering just about every question? She’s exactly why the electorate doesn’t trust politicians.” Another added: “Ms Cooper does not think, we the public, are entitled to know what the people we elect think”, reported the Express.
It didn’t stop there. “Yvette Cooper cannot answer a single question, and it’s a condescending tone. It’s very irritating,” one person wrote, while another simply described her as a “waste of air time and space.” Ferrari admitted he could’ve “filled the next 10 minutes” with the amount of negative feedback flooding in.
The grilling came as Cooper tried to explain Labour’s plans to ban foreign s*x offenders from claiming asylum in the UK. But Ferrari kept pressing on a key point — what’s stopping these individuals from using the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to stay in the country anyway?
When asked directly whether deportation attempts could still be blocked under the ECHR, Cooper didn’t give a clear yes or no. “Well, we do get further legal claims that people will put in,” she said, leading Ferrari to cut in with, “I’ll take that as a no.”
He then asked if the Conservatives were right in saying the Human Rights Act could still be used to stop deportations. Cooper responded, “People can make claims as they’ve been able to do for a long time,” but rejected the idea that the new policy would have no effect, calling that “wrong.”
She pointed to the case of Abdul Ezedi, the Clapham chemical attacker who was granted asylum despite being a convicted sex offender, as an example of what Labour’s new rules could have prevented. “I think it was wrong that he was granted asylum,” she said.
Cooper confirmed the Government is reviewing how Article 8 of the ECHR is interpreted in UK courts and said there’s a wider effort to reform the legal framework. She was also questioned on migrants pretending to be gay to avoid removal, Channel crossings, and her stance on an EU Youth Mobility Scheme, though many listening felt they didn’t get the straight answers they came for.
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